The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 1951, Page 6

Page é THE KEY meer CITIZEN Jayeees Now Number 175M e . Individuals Jayeee Idea Was ‘Started By Henry Geissenbier; Also First President Saturday, December 15, 1951 True Starts Day With A Smile When members of the West Junior Chamber of metce celebrate Jaycee this year, from 4t they will be pa Nationwide observance of founding of the United Sta Junior Chamber of Commer years ago. The National J group, which now numbers ipating near- | ly 2.000 clubs and in- | dividuals, was e in| 1920 in St. | The first 1 yeee pres- | ident, and the 1 who started | the Jaycee idea, was Henry Geis- | senbier : Geissenbior was a young busi-} nessman in St. Lon back in 1915 when he first got the idea! of a young men ganization to| help out in civic affairs. When | the idea occurred to him, he was | president of a large St. Louis | dancing club, He heard a speak- er trying to enlist support for a badly needed sewer improve- | ment in St. Louis, and realized | how much an active bunch of WEARING A BOW TIE, big smile « ing. in Washington, President Tr House und) to his n young men could do to help get the legislation enacted. Looking around, he saw other ways such a group could also improve the man (back, city and. resolved to establish| promised 4 continued drastic action to clean house that kind of a young men’s or-| in the government ganization Geissenbier, a popular youth, used his dancing club contacts to Not Afraid To Die, Says Doomed Mother get started. He called the new organization the “Young Men's > ~ ; ts Progressive Civic Association.” Tt-was making a name for it- self in. St. Louis when World War i came. Nearly the entire membership enlisted, and the club went into mothballs for the duration: When the war ended, the “YM. P. Cc. A.” found itself short “of funds. It survived through the help of Clarence H. | Howird, an older St. Louis busi-' § nessman who was president of | the St: Louis Chamber of Com-| merée. In gratitude for Howard's as- s.-‘ance, the “Y, M. P. C members changed «their organi- zation’s name to the ‘funiei | Chamber of Commerce.” When the young men’s movement spread over the nation the same name was retained. On January | 20, the United States Jun-| ior Chamber of Commerce’ was} formed by various local - Junior Chambers meeting in St. Louis. The Key West Junior Chamber , of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the outstanding citizen in Key West. His qualifi- cations imple: he must be over 21 rs old and not over 35 years old, except if the nom (P) Wirephoto inee has reached -his 36th birth: MRS. JEAN GARRETT, 26, who learned not long that this day by December 31, 1951, then! Wil! be her last Christmas, helps her husband, Thomas, decor he will be eligible if the activi ate a tree in their home in Los Angeles, Calif. She is suffering ties for which he is judged were from an incurable lymphatic disea y her doctors, but “T performed when he was 35 or not aid to die,” she replies. Her three sons, Bobby, 2 younger: He must have made di Thoma: and Raleigh, six months, do not knov rect, outstanding service to the) will soon teave ‘them community. All nominations must be received by the Jaycee DSA Committee’ prior to mid-| Nomination blanks can be ot Before the introduction of coin night December 22nd, 1951. Ad-| tained from Joe Pinder at the! age, the ancient Egyptians used dress ali nominations to Jack} Florida National Bank, foot of {rings of different metals for ae 1212 Varela St., City: (Davai Street. | money MRS. 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